Sport, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sported; p. pr. & vb. n.Sporting.] 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton.
, sporting with quick glance,
Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold. Milton.
2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
3. To trifle. “He sports with his own life.” Tillotson.
4. (Bot. & Zoöl.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; — said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6. Darwin.
Syn. — To play; frolic; game; wanton.